Dortse en Haagse Woonsdag en Saturdag, Of nader opening van de Bibliotheeq Van Mr. Jan de Witth - Witt, Johan de 1625-1672 (s.l. s.n., 1672)
Johan de Witt served as Grand Pensionary of Holland for nineteen years during the Dutch Golden Age and the First Stadholderless Period, making him the most influential statesman of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. A gifted mathematician, he is also regarded as one of the founding figures of actuarial science. Although he is commonly referred to by his full name today, his wife and many of his contemporaries simply called him Jan.Tragically, Johan and his brother Cornelis were brutally murdered and mutilated by Orangist agitators—an event that remains one of the most infamous and shameful episodes in Dutch history.
12 pages of dialogue in the form of a pamphlet, on the content of the library of Johan de Witt, referring to the auction-catalogue published shortly after de Witt's assasination in 1672.
Last 2 pages are an index of 57 available pamplets, called 'blauwe Boekjes'. Pamphlets of this kind from the 16th-18th centuries in the Netherlands were called blauwboekjes (Blue papers) because of the cheap blue paper often used for the cover. These pamphlets had a limited size, and could be on a variety of subjects, often political or religious. They were intended to persuade (or taunt) opponents and recruit supporters.
Johan de Witt was born in Dordrecht (hence "Dortenaar" in the subtitle) and died in The Hague ("Hagenaar").
Zijnde een samenspraak tusschen een Hagenaar en Dortenaar
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); History; Pamphlet; The Hague (Netherlands); Dordrecht (Netherlands)